UpperRoom - Permaculture

The upper room project meets the first Monday of each month (6:-8:30pm) to engage with spirituality and justice as struggled with and fought for by the Prophets and Jesus. We meet upstairs in the Shine Caf?/Bar (74 Kingsway Glen Waverley) with gallery space, discussion corners, opportunity for practical response and pondering space.

We hope the upper room will be

Space to rest/relax with your tribe

Be challenged by the prophetic call of compassion

Connect with heartbeats for living

There will be food, wine and friends plus

Please bring your friends - all are welcome

This month Upper Room - Di will be sharing about permaculture and some of what she learnt in a permaculture course in Uganda.  This quote from her blog should be enough to make conversations and debate a plenty

“One of the most challenging questions for me was: “If our faith is calling us to care for people and live with ethics, fair trade and care for the earth, how can we too live in solidarity with the poor?” Given that ethical and fair trade means are a more expensive option, how does this make us view our choices and options. This question I will explore more as I develop a deeper understanding of the connection of Permaculture and my Christianity.

Check out her thoughts here http://dianegreenwood.com/

Facebook event if your on it

Daring to Join

UNITING NETWORK AUSTRALIA invites you…

“Daring to Join”

Explore Your Faith
Enjoy Workshops
Make friends & have fun
Commit to your partner
Worship
Share meals

Melbourne gathering 11 – 14 June 2010
Centre for Theology & Ministry, 1 Morrison Close, Parkville (limited on-site accommodation available)

Bible Study Leader: Rev. Dr Gwen Ince
Special Guest: Rev. Alistair Macrae, President of the Uniting Church in Australia

Special Event: “Sacred Union Ceremony”
Saturday 12 June @ 4.00pm, Brunswick Uniting Church, 214 Sydney Road (Cnr. Merri St), Brunswick

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=128059333874631

Join us for dinner afterwards in Brunswick @ Alasya Turkish Restaurant

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111714085538483

More info? Register for ‘Daring to Join’ gathering or to commit to your partner during the ‘Sacred Union Ceremony’?

Go to http://www.unitingnetworkaustralia.org.au/

Click on the link above to register

(Please note: internet bookings incur a $3.00 booking fee)
$120.00 early-bird registration (close Wednesday 31 March 2010)
$140.00 waged registration (close Friday 4 June 2010)
$100.00 unwaged registration (close Friday 4 June 2010)

Click on the link above to print, complete & post your registration form.

Billeting can be arranged if required

Limited accommodation is available on-site @ $60 per night, twin share, in single beds. “Maclean House is an affordable accommodation option if you are spending time in Melbourne. It is provided to the Uniting Church community by the Centre for Theologyand Ministry (CTM). Maclean House is located in the picturesque grounds of Ormond College, Parkville. It is conveniently located for those attending activities at the CTM, using the Dalton McCaughey Library or for that quick trip into Melbourne CBD. Trams are close to the front door and Lygon Street is just around the corner - who could resist! Maclean House provides comfortable rooms with linen (including pillows), on-site parking, a light breakfast, shared bathrooms, kitchen and laundry facilities - all at the reasonable price of $60 per night.”

Food allergies & dietary requirements can be catered to.

We are taking registrations for the ‘Sacred Union Ceremony’ on Saturday 12 June - please let us know if you’d like to be involved.

* Please forward registration form with cheque / money order made payable to: “UnitingCare - Cutting Edge” (do not send cash)
UNA “Daring to Join” Conference Registrar
Damien Stevens, C/- PO Box 1697, Shepparton, 3632
or use the link above to pay securely from your bank account or credit card using PayPal.

World Environment Day

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations in 1972 to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and encourage political attention and action. It is celebrated annually on 5 June.

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and the theme for World Environment Day this year, Many species, one planet, one future, reflects this.

Our buddies over at Uniting Justice have produced some resources including action ideas, sermon starter, information, reflections, activities and worship resources

http://www.unitingjustice.org.au/resources/world-environment-day.html

So no excuse for not having a go this year

oh and don’t forget that greenpeace pulled together that cool earth day clip this year too http://morepraxis.org.au/feature-clip-gp-earthday/

UpperRoom - Plan

Hey guys here is what was suggested as a The Upper Room Project program for 2010.

I think most people’s names were written by them but if it is news to you then someone has volunteered you. Surprise!

Is the Llama one for real? It sounds fun.

November is a good time for a NCYC11 catch up/plan sort of thing?? or it’s also the day before Mel cup so something on gambling?? Fashion? Hats?

A night on election stuff would be good once we know when that will be….??? Uniting Justice are pulling resources together again.

May 3  - Music that rocks your world - Neil & Rob

June 7 - India Reflections - Hannah

July 5  - Permaculture - Di

Aug 2 - East Timor (Oil schemes and general) Jane, Amé, Megan, Di

Sept 6 - A Buddhist Take - Ken

(Sept  17-19  morepraxis gathering - its in your diary’s right?)

Oct 4 - LLamas (Laughter workshop) Nick & Di

Nov 1 -

Dec 6 - Christmas

UpperRoom - Easter Wildthings

The upper room project meets the first Monday of each month (6:-8:30pm) to engage with spirituality and justice as struggled with and fought for by the Prophets and Jesus. We meet upstairs in the Shine Caf?/Bar (74 Kingsway Glen Waverley) with gallery space, discussion corners, opportunity for practical response and pondering space.

We hope the upper room will be

Space to rest/relax with your tribe

Be challenged by the prophetic call of compassion

Connect with heartbeats for living

There will be food, wine and friends plus

Please bring your friends - all are welcome

This month?Upper Room - ??We will be thinking about Easter and what idea link with the movie ‘where the wild things are’ .

Also, for those keen on a arguing about sadist and masochist theology and the?atonement -?you know “suffering as a process in which one member of the community of God masochistically?endures the excruciating pain that another member of the community of God sadistically ?inflicts on him’?you can check out Dave’s paper. ?http://daveandrews.com.au/articles/The%20Crux%20of%20the%20Struggle.pdf

Facebook event if your on it

Palm Sunday Peace March 2010

Build not Bomb

palm-sunday-poster (poster pdf - pls distribute)

Plus there’s a Vigil against the war on Afghanistan
Tue 16 March, 4-6pm, Defence Plaza, 661 Bourke St, Melbourne.

UpperRoom - MPH RoadTrip

Welcome Back!

The upper room project meets the first Monday of each month (6:-8:30pm) to engage with spirituality and justice as struggled with and fought for by the Prophets and Jesus. We meet upstairs in the Shine Caf?/Bar (74 Kingsway Glen Waverley) with gallery space, discussion corners, opportunity for practical response and pondering space.

We hope the upper room will be

Space to rest/relax with your tribe

Be challenged by the prophetic call of compassion

Connect with heartbeats for living

There will be food, wine and friends plus

Please bring your friends - all are welcome

This month?Upper Room - ??We will have all the info for getting involved with the MAKEpovertyHISTORY road trip in May. Check their website here and our info here.

Basically it is 1000 16-26 yr olds traveling from the capital cities through marginal seats cause trouble and raising issues of poverty - converging in Canberra for a sum it with speakers, workshop bands etc. ?UCA is partnerin with our halls, cooks, agencies and trouble making ways

Get on board.

Oh and naturally we need ideas for the UpperRoom for the rest of the year and if you want to chat about the young adult hub … please do

Facebook event if your on it

A basic night goes a little something like this..

morepraxis hub is a UCA initiative that seeks to encourage, coach and engage young adults to be active locally and deeper spiritually.

The group will meet weekly on a Monday. The nights will involve elements and approaches of narrative and peer reflection groups, discussion, coaching, alt worship and bible study. ?For a while I have had an idea kicking around in my head that links social work theory, mystic wondering and bible reflection. This seems like a perfect opportunity to get it out of my head and let peeps play with it.

Plus, we will join with the Upper Room Project on the first Monday of the month a Shine Bar as a more social night.
and
Once a term we will have a night that focused on a topic or issue (chosen by the group) as arty, open mic, spoken word, improve styled creative something (I trust that is clear) ?:)

So a Basic night (goes a little something like this…)

Alt Worship. Reflective time in the space.

Welcome gathering time

Shared Journey 1 - Members chatting about how their life and spirituality is going.

Input - topics by request or a gospel chapter to ponder (starting with Mark)

Shared Journey 2 - Members chatting about their projects, ministries, current plans etc.

Reflect/Worship - Song prayer end

Food & Chat

Sound good?

morepraxis eastside

Hi peeps I am here to recruit you.

The St Stephen?s Community Living Centre (SSCLC) has granted us (by us I mean you and me) a year to see what a morepraxis young adult hub may look like, get up to and become.

SSCLC is where Ringwood East UC ?congregation used to meet before joining up with Ringwood UC. ?We have the opportunity to help develope with SSCLC the church end of the building to be a more arty and spirituality type of space for us and the community. Very cool.

I would like to begin this thrilling adventure with a weekly Young Adult gathering?and running an easter week ?art installation.

What will we do? Well naturally the weekly group would be open to be ?shaped by the needs of the group. ?However as base I am keen to host this group with time spent on growing personal discipleship/spirituality, time to focus on projects that members have back in their own congregations, action groups etc and some input that help both of these. I hope we will be YAs who are looking for a place to think, chat, question and grow (and don’t get it in other places) and YAs who are busy leading groups but need something for themselves. Basically I hope we strengthen each other to do new and better things back in our existing world but with a new place to find support and whinge.

In my official chats with SSLC it goes a little something like this…

morepraxis hub ?seeks to encourage, coach and engage young adults to be active locally and deeper spiritually?.

Hub = a network of Young Adults in the region meeting to grow in discipleship and support each other. Sharing their faith journey and supporting helping each other with their ministry and projects

Locally = members in congregations on the eastside, leaders of youth groups, action groups and communities where they currently participate

Coaching = host/key leader and peers meeting to bounce ideas off and help think through missional, creative and radical initiatives.

The goals of the hub would be

• Firstly to create a place for people to grow in discipleship while not removing people from their local contexts & communities.
• Secondly, to create a strong network of Young Adults that can help our UCA start and sustain new endeavors.
• Thirdly, to simply create a space for young adults to explore, question and grow in their spirituality.

So if you are a keen to join the organising group or simply interstetd in joingning the group. ?Contact me. age@morepraxis.org.au

Currently the organising group has Tess, Jen, Rod and myself… the group itself has at least one other member not on the team… so you see we do need you to join.

(This will be too far away from many but it is a start and I am happy to see and help other morepraxis hubs pop up westside, southside, broadside, farside wherever… )

So What do you think?

Peace Christmas Carol Service

~ With 30 wars currently going on around the globe,

Advent.? A?time when we wait upon the coming of the Prince of Peace whose life and teachings save us from the violence?that exists within?ourselves.

We invite you to wait this year and carol with us at Lockheed Martin (world’s number 1. weapons manufactor) here in Dandenong.

Tuesday 15th Dec

4:30-6pm

@ 208 Princess Hwy, Dandenong

Please bring Christmas decorations and signs for peace

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